Health advice given by general practitioners for travellers from Australia

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Seelan, S Thava ^a   Leggat, Peter A ^a,b  

^a Parkview Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease; australia; General practitioners; Travel health advice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BAROTRAUMA; CLOTHING; CONSULTATION; DOCUMENTATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INSECT BITE; JET LAG; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 14944375939     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1477-8939(02)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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